One Room Challenge: Wk 6, Bedroom and Ensuite- Color & Pattern
It’s Week 6 of the ORC, and I’m exhausted! It’s been a long week of removing carpet, tack strips, scraping, and sleeping in makeshift beds since ours was on the patio (Yup, the patio!) You can catch step-by-step progress and tutorials in my Stories on IG and FB, but I think it’s more fun to talk about how to successfully mix colors and patterns in our bedroom.
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Before moving here, I’d been living in rentals with white walls for several years. When we bought our first home, I decided, “There shall be no white walls.” :) In my experience, colored walls work best when there is also a lot of white in a room, for some visual relief. It keep the color fresh, bright, and airy.
I chose white window panels to flank our large window to the left of the bed. I have sheer white panels in my great room, so I wanted to do something a little different. I found these curtain white panels with a subtle, black, horizontal stripe with a tassel detail. I would categorize this stripe as a small pattern.
Next I need to add some white to the opposite side of the bedroom, which are my mirrored closet doors. I knew I wanted to wallpaper over the mirrors. I was thinking about a linen-like wallpaper, but then I thought I should turn my closet into a piece of art. Much more designer-like, right? This squiggle pattern incorporates white and seamist, and is a medium size pattern.
You can guess what size pattern is next…a large scale pattern! I have been eyeing this rug since my last ORC almost 3 years ago. You can see how large it is on a 9’ x 12’ rug. This will ground the bedroom furniture floor plan, and is the inspiration for our color story. See the touches of seamist that are featured in the wallpaper?
Round 1: This is the wall opposite of my bed. You can see all 3 patterns we just reviewed. Take a few minutes, and see for yourself how mixing the small stripe, the medium squiggle, and the large abstract rug pattern all balance each other, and work together.
Amazon (for inspo)
White bed sheets are great for a hotel vibe, but I also like having colored sheets. I like the saturation because it feels cozy and welcoming. Navy bed sheets are a darker tone of my medium-tone blue walls, and pulls out another color from the inspiration rug. This is a solid color- the absence of pattern.
My home color story is summed up in the rug selection, minus the slightest teal “brushstroke”. Do you see it now? This color is not really my jam, but I took on a chance on it in this braided pillow. And….I actually like this unexpected pop of color. It’s a little off-brand, or sets a vibration of, “hmm?” but it works because it ties into our inspiration rug. There is not a colored pattern, but it’s not just a solid because of the braided detail. I categorize this pattern as “visual texture.”
This pillow keeps popping up on my Pinterest feed, and it catches my eye every time. Did you see it in my Wk 2 Shopping Inspo blog post? This is my accent pillow on the bed, and another reason I chose navy blue sheets. It is a multi-color pattern which becomes a focal point for the bed. This is a medium scale pattern.
Round 2: Here is my bed wall, with a basic version of my bedding collection. The colors of the pillows are all taken from the rug. Look how the solid navy sheets create a base for the teal braided pillow, and feature the abstract multi-color pillow.
TIP FOR COLOR: Use an inspiration piece as your color story, and then highlight different colors from it to feature around your room. Such as a multi-colored rug, artwork, or vase.
TIP FOR PATTERN: Use scale to mix patterns: small, medium and large scale. Or make it more subtle with a solid, visual texture, and a 2-color < design.
There are so many wonderful designers participating in the #oneroomchallenge. Click HERE to hop over to the ORC blog and see all the Participants, including 166 Participants on IG, and more! !
Be sure to follow along with me on Instagram @sarahroseinteriorsco for all my behind-the-scenes in my IG Stories, and see you here next week!